concepts
type: Collection
type: ConceptGroup
member: innovation networks

innovation networks
type: Concept
broader: social science of networking
definition: Use and integration of external information and knowledge resources provide a major contribution to a company's innovation processes and outcomes. While focusing on their specific roles is not a new issue of recent research or management practice, external knowledge, meanwhile, has become increasingly important during the last decades. [Source: Encyclopedia of Social Networks; Innovation Networks]

social science of networking
type: Concept
narrower: innovation networks